Truck for moving heavy bodies



(NdModeL) 0. KYNOOH. TRUCK FOR MOVING HEAVY BODIES.

No; 520,319. Patented May 22, 1894 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES KYNOGH, OF ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN.

TRUCK FOR MOVING. HEAVY BODIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 520,319, dated May 22,1894. Application filed September 9 1893- Serial No. 485,171. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES KYNOGH, of St. Ignace, in the county ofMackinac and State of Michigan, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Trucks for Moving Heavy Bodies, of which the following isa specification.

My invention consists in an improvement in trucks for moving stoves andother heavy bodies, hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a top plan View of my complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of one of the feet, and Fig. 3 is a section throughthe centerof the thumb nut F.

A represents a foot mounted upon casters B, of which there are enough tomake each foot A stand firmly by itself. For moving stoves I provide thetop of each foot A with two or more lugs 0 within which the leg of astove will fit more or less snugly.

D D represent U-shaped bars so shaped as to form, longitudinally slottedbars, one to each foot A, the open end of said bar being firmly securedto said foot. 4

E represents a screw bolt, preferably provided with a washer G betweenthe head of the bolt and the lower bar D, and F represents a thumb nutadapted to engage with bolt E. Said bars D with their respective feet Aare arranged in pairs, overlapping one above the other, and the twopairs are arranged at such an angle as will bring the four feetAat suchpoints as are desired. When in position as desired, they are securedfirmly enough for all practical purposes by screwing down thumb nut Fand compressing the four bars D between said thumb nut and the Washer G.I prefer to provide each bar D at its closed end with a bolt hole (I,through which a screw bolt may be passed and tightened up by a thumbnut, like bolt E and thumb nut F, but have not illustrated this boltbecause it is not often necessary. By loosening thumb nut F the oppositepairs of bars D may be slid upon each other to increase or decrease thesize of the truck, and the two pairs of bars D may be swiveled on thebolt E to cause the feet to stand at any desired angle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A truck, consisting of four independent feet, each mounted on aroller,U-shaped bars each having its outer open end rigidly attached to one ofthe feet, and a single clamping bolt passing through all the U-shapedbars, substantially as and for the purposes described.

CHARLES KYNOOH.

Witnesses:

M. F. STELLUNGER, JOHN DRENNAN.

